America’s Army: Proving Grounds is the official game of the U.S. Army and part of the highly acclaimed America’s Army game series. This free military game focuses on small unit tactical maneuvers and puts you to the test in new America’s Army maps as well as AA fan favorites Hospital and Bridge.

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About the Game

Do you have what it takes to train like a U.S. Army Soldier?

America’s Army: Proving Grounds is the official game of the U.S. Army and part of the highly acclaimed America’s Army game series. This free military game focuses on small unit tactical maneuvers and puts you to the test in new America’s Army maps as well as AA fan favorites Hospital and Bridge.

Take on the role of an 11B Infantryman practicing combat maneuvers at JTC Griffin, a fabricated training MOUT (military operations on urban terrain) environment. This training is crucial to your success as part of a Long Range Combined Arms – Recon (LRCA-R) unit, a full spectrum capable team that embarks on special operations missions behind enemy lines.

Key Features

Two Game Modes Experience fast-paced Battledrill Exercises (BDX) (6v6) that focus on small unit maneuvers. As you learn how the enemy might react, adjust your strategy for future engagementsForward Line Operations (FLO) (12v12) test your skills in a larger environmentHardcore mode has increased weapon damage and a reduced HUD

5 Mission TypesActivate - Activate all the objectivesExtract - Extract the objective to the rally pointC4 - Plant the C4 at one of the bomb sites and defend it until it explodesDestroy - Arm the objective and defend it until it detonatesTake and Hold - Activate all the objectives and prevent the enemy from activating objectives you control

Teamwork is CriticalSpotting enemies gives your teammates greater situational awarenessReviving your down buddies gets them back in the fightSecuring enemies prevents them from being revived and communicating with their teamReport your location and status to your teamSuppression affects your enemy even if you don’t hit them. Use the M249 to control firing lanes and keep the enemy’s head down while your team flanks their position

Train in Shoot HousesShoot Houses give you a place to learn how to use all the weapons in a single-player environment. They are fast-paced exercises that allow you to compete for the highest scoreCreate your own shoot houses in the Mission Editor

Mission Editor

Create your own missions and shoot houses with the AA:PG Mission Editor Share them on the Steam WorkshopView the Tutorial at http://aapg.americasarmy.com/editor/tutorialAs your skills with the Mission Editor increase, you can move to the Advanced Editor*The Mission Editor and Advanced Editor are developer tools that require more advanced hardware than what is required to run the game. Performance may vary.

About the Comic

The storyline that influences the America’s Army: Proving Grounds game is unveiled in the America’s Army Comic series. Learn more about the assignment you are on and the challenges you will face by reading the saga of American forces deployed to Czervenia, a tiny foreign nation in the middle of a chaotic conflict. In order to defend against Czervenian President-General Adzic and his army who are attacking the neighboring Republic of the Ostregals, America's Army has created new experimental combat teams, forged together in secret Proving Grounds, to uncover the General's insidious plot before time runs out. Read more at http://comics.americasarmy.com.

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-Good graphics (enough for a fps game)-Very realistic compared to every other fps games i've played!-One of the best communities I've seen-It's so much teamwork! The voice chat is being used all the time!

Edited:9/24/14Note:This review is updated to 9/24/14So overall this game is great its not like the older AA games but its a W.I.P.The developers are doing a great job so far and would like to see more happen to the game because it has great potential when it comes out of open beta.I've been playing AA games since 2.5 and they finally added the roles but they need fireteams now.Pros:Graphics are good not next gen or behind but current gen.Gameplay is a mix of AA games with a bit faster pace depending on how you play it.Teamwork is needed to suceed.Your able to choose your role Ex. Rifleman,Auto Rifleman,Designated Marksman,Sniper.No hitmarkers < my opinion.You die quicker than alot other games so its more realistic.Mostly well designed maps.Great community < most of it.Workshop you can make your own maps and download other peoples.Free to play the way it should be without microtransactions ingame.Good rankup system.Weapons well balanced.All weapons unlocked the moment you create an account.Decent launcher and GUINot alot of hackers since the last update.

Now we go on to the cons not too many of them btw.Cons:No menu screen.No fireteams.You look like the enemy too the us but to you, you look like the us and the enemy looks like the enemy.Dual render scopes cause drops of framerate occasionaly if your looking somewhere open.Alot of people have punkbuster issues with the game. < I have none but alot of people do.Sniper hipfire is too accurate.That was my review guys thanks for checking it out :DPlease rate.

This has to be the best Free Military FPS on Steam without a doubt, recommend this to anyone who likes shooters. Although this is more tactical than most and teamwork is definitely required to complete objectives.

Love the combat, love the maps and even the graphics are pretty decent for a free game.

Pros:- Good graphics. Not the best but good.- Team Work using voice chat and awsome community that wants to help you- Super realistic game. Exept for the fact that they're using tracer ammo.- Its not pay to win! Get the full game! No other ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ items or boosters.

Cons:- The game is a bit laggy even on Hi-Specs PCs.- Get good at it or die tryin'. You die very fast and you have to respawn in 2-3 minutes, if you don't listen to your team mates or your not paying attention.

Conclusion:

- Worths every cent! JK. But is a nice addition of Hardcore Realistic Tactical Team Based Games.

Fantastic game. Very tactical game-play, and very squad based. You need to communicate with your team to win. One of the best communities in online gaming that I've come across, and just an all out blast. 10/10.

If youre searching for what AA has originally been about, go play the first game, if you'd like to play small unit "tactical" maneuvers, that dont make you want to kill yourself because you cant get used to the controls and complexity, this might intresst you.

Neat F2P game that really is F2P, but this has very little to do with the old Americas Army

0/10 horrible--But really, in all honesty, I enjoy this game so much it's ridiculous. At first, I charged into battle like a madman, and got rekt like a marshmellow under an elephant. Then, I stayed back at spawn and got chewed out for being a coward. Finally, I stuck with the team, and did what they said, while doing my best to help them as well.

t;drThis is a strategic FPS game, and a pretty dang good one for being entirely free.

Pros:-It is a get good or die a lot game (People can put this in 'Cons' I think it makes the game better)-Great graphics (I am not saying it is the best don't get me wrong)-Play the entire game without spending a penny (Or what your currency is)-In game voice chat-Need to play more as a team to win-Fun with friends who enjoy the type of game

Cons:-Graphics can lag even on higher gaming riggs-When you start out you will find you suck... A lot (I said this was good but it can be bad as well)-If the team doesn't play as a team you can find yourself losing games very fast

I will say that the game has better graphics than expected and is very fun to play with people who also enjoy team-based games. The lag in graphics can get annoying (even a decent gaming rig,) but that is only on some maps while maps like 'Hospital' don't suffer from the issue.

If there was a "neutral" review level, that's what this review would be.

I'm a fan of non-respawn military shooters, and this is a reasonably functional, free-to-play one. So, if that alone is enough for you, this game might be of interest. It's *almost* enough for me.

If you've played America's Army before, then you may understand what I mean when I call this America's Army Lite. Realism has taken a bit of a back seat in favor of a faster pace. It's closer to the Counterstrike side of things, which is a disappointment for anyone that liked the earlier games. Faster movement, tighter quarters, DOOM-style health percentage (down to 1% health? Put a bandage on it!), etc.

Unfortunately, neither the gunplay nor the map design are up to snuff for this new direction. The shooting is pretty bog standard mediocre military FPS fare, and the maps are fairly uninspired and forgettable.

The game retains just enough of its former self to prevent it from truly being a mass-appeal shooter, but sheds so much of it as to no longer appeal to the niche market it once served. It's still in beta, so things can change, but it's in a pretty bad no-man's land right now.

This is a very realistic and fun game. THe community is very tactical, although not as forgiving if you accidentally team kill or miscalculate where a grenade will bounce(Pro tip: Grenades dont roll and bounce as much as in games such as BF or COD, so dont expect a grenade to ricochet of every wall.) The game is much more interesting if you have a microphone to communicate, and there are plenty clans out there to play with. Definetly a recommended.